Fake Facebook friend request email leads to malware
Facebook users are once again being targeted with fake emails purportedly coming from the social network, alerting them to a friend request. A click on the offered …
Ramnit worm uses Zeus Trojan tactics for banking fraud
Trusteer discovered the 18 month old file infecting worm Win32.Ramnit has morphed into financial malware and is actively attacking banks to commit online fraud. Ramnit …
Trojanized Android app intercepts messages to hide costly subscriptions
Another trojanized Android app that monitors received text messages for keywords has been uncovered by Trend Micro, and this time, the feature is not used for spying but to …
“Uniform traffic ticket” spam leads to malware
A massive spam campaign taking the form of an email notifying the recipients of a bogus traffic ticket has been detected by a number of security companies. The email in …
SpyEye source code and crack for the toolkit leaked
Three months after Zeus’ source code has been spotted being sold for small amounts on underground online markets, Xyliton – a French security researcher and member …
Banking Trojan that steals from the rich
To be sure, it steals from the poor, too, but it contains a routine that automatically tries to transfer a rather large amount of money from the victim’s account to …
China hit by almost half a million cyber attacks in 2010
China has been hit with almost half a million cyber attacks last year, claims a report by the country’s National Computer Network Emergency Response Technical …
Malicious fake Firefox update spam run
Fake notices about a Firefox update are again targeting the browser’s users, says Sophos. A rather plain message supposedly coming from Mozilla instructs users to follow …
SMS spying Android Trojan triggered by keywords
Another week, another trojanized Android app. And, according to Trend Micro researchers, this one has a functionality that differentiates it from similar previous ones: it …
“Fidel Castro died” spam run leads to malware
Malware pushers have never balked from using news about a celebrity’s death to trick people into downloading malicious payloads. They also have no problem with faking …
July 2011 threat landscape
July has been a hot month for SEO poisoning, and its popularity is expected to continue in August, says GFI. Users to be cautious of likely search term targets for scammers, …
Call-recording Trojan is actually unethical app
The recently discovered Android Trojan that records actual phone conversations seems to represent a lesser danger than previously thought. For one thing, it isn’t hidden …